diff --git a/src/SDiagonal.jl b/src/SDiagonal.jl
index 5568113f..53819eca 100644
--- a/src/SDiagonal.jl
+++ b/src/SDiagonal.jl
@@ -3,86 +3,38 @@
 
 import Base: ==, -, +, *, /, \, abs, real, imag, conj
 
-@generated function scalem(a::StaticMatrix{M,N}, b::StaticVector{N}) where {M, N}
-    expr = vec([:(a[$j,$i]*b[$i]) for j=1:M, i=1:N])
-    :(@_inline_meta; let val1 = ($(expr[1])); similar_type(SMatrix{M,N},typeof(val1))(val1, $(expr[2:end]...)); end)
-end
-@generated function scalem(a::StaticVector{M}, b::StaticMatrix{M, N}) where {M, N}
-    expr = vec([:(b[$j,$i]*a[$j]) for j=1:M, i=1:N])
-    :(@_inline_meta; let val1 = ($(expr[1])); similar_type(SMatrix{M,N},typeof(val1))(val1, $(expr[2:end]...)); end)
-end
-
-struct SDiagonal{N,T} <: StaticMatrix{N,N,T}
-    diag::SVector{N,T}
-    SDiagonal{N,T}(diag::SVector{N,T}) where {N,T} = new(diag)
-end
-diagtype(::Type{SDiagonal{N,T}}) where {N, T} = SVector{N,T}
-diagtype(::Type{SDiagonal{N}}) where {N} = SVector{N}
-diagtype(::Type{SDiagonal}) = SVector
+const SDiagonal = Diagonal{T,SVector{N,T}} where {N,T}
+SDiagonal(x...) = Diagonal(SVector(x...))
 
 # this is to deal with convert.jl
-@inline (::Type{SD})(a::AbstractVector) where {SD <: SDiagonal} = SDiagonal(convert(diagtype(SD), a))
-@inline (::Type{SD})(a::Tuple) where {SD <: SDiagonal} = SDiagonal(convert(diagtype(SD), a))
-@inline SDiagonal(a::SVector{N,T}) where {N,T} = SDiagonal{N,T}(a)
-
-@generated function SDiagonal(a::StaticMatrix{N,N,T}) where {N,T}
-    expr = [:(a[$i,$i]) for i=1:N]
-    :(SDiagonal{N,T}($(expr...)))
-end
-
-convert(::Type{SDiagonal{N,T}}, D::SDiagonal{N,T}) where {N,T} = D
-convert(::Type{SDiagonal{N,T}}, D::SDiagonal{N}) where {N,T} = SDiagonal{N,T}(convert(SVector{N,T}, D.diag))
-
-function getindex(D::SDiagonal{N,T}, i::Int, j::Int) where {N,T}
-    @boundscheck checkbounds(D, i, j)
-    @inbounds return ifelse(i == j, D.diag[i], zero(T))
-end
-
-# avoid linear indexing?
-@propagate_inbounds function getindex(D::SDiagonal{N,T}, k::Int) where {N,T}
-    i, j = CartesianIndices(size(D))[k].I
-    D[i,j]
-end
+#@inline (::Type{SDiagonal{N,T}})(a::AbstractVector) where {N,T} = Diagonal(SVector{N,T}(a))
+@inline (::Type{SDiagonal{N,T}})(a::Tuple) where {N,T} = Diagonal(SVector{N,T}(a))
+@inline (::Type{SDiagonal{N}})(a::Tuple) where {N} = Diagonal(SVector{N}(a))
 
-ishermitian(D::SDiagonal{N, T}) where {N,T<:Real} = true
-ishermitian(D::SDiagonal) = all(D.diag .== real(D.diag))
-issymmetric(D::SDiagonal) = true
-isposdef(D::SDiagonal) = all(D.diag .> 0)
+SDiagonal(a::SVector) = Diagonal(a)
+SDiagonal(a::StaticMatrix{N,N,T}) where {N,T} = Diagonal(diag(a))
 
-factorize(D::SDiagonal) = D
+size(::Type{<:SDiagonal{N}}) where {N} = (N,N)
+size(::Type{<:SDiagonal{N}}, d::Int) where {N} = d > 2 ? 1 : N
 
-==(Da::SDiagonal, Db::SDiagonal) = Da.diag == Db.diag
--(A::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(-A.diag)
-+(Da::SDiagonal, Db::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(Da.diag + Db.diag)
--(Da::SDiagonal, Db::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(Da.diag - Db.diag)
--(A::SDiagonal, B::SMatrix) = typeof(B)(I)*A - B
-
-*(x::T, D::SDiagonal) where {T<:Number} = SDiagonal(x * D.diag)
-*(D::SDiagonal, x::T) where {T<:Number} = SDiagonal(D.diag * x)
-/(D::SDiagonal, x::T) where {T<:Number} = SDiagonal(D.diag / x)
-*(Da::SDiagonal, Db::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(Da.diag .* Db.diag)
-*(D::SDiagonal, V::AbstractVector) = D.diag .* V
-*(D::SDiagonal, V::StaticVector) = D.diag .* V
-*(A::StaticMatrix, D::SDiagonal) = scalem(A,D.diag)
-*(D::SDiagonal, A::StaticMatrix) = scalem(D.diag,A)
+# define specific methods to avoid allocating mutable arrays
+*(A::StaticMatrix, D::SDiagonal) = A .* transpose(D.diag)
+*(D::SDiagonal, A::StaticMatrix) = D.diag .* A
 \(D::SDiagonal, b::AbstractVector) = D.diag .\ b
 \(D::SDiagonal, b::StaticVector) = D.diag .\ b # catch ambiguity
 
-conj(D::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(conj(D.diag))
-transpose(D::SDiagonal) = D
-adjoint(D::SDiagonal) = conj(D)
+\(D::SDiagonal, B::StaticMatrix) = D.diag .\ B
+/(B::StaticMatrix, D::SDiagonal) = B ./ transpose(D.diag)
+\(Da::SDiagonal, Db::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(Db.diag ./ Da.diag)
+/(Da::SDiagonal, Db::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(Da.diag ./ Db.diag )
 
+# override to avoid copying
 diag(D::SDiagonal) = D.diag
-tr(D::SDiagonal) = sum(D.diag)
-det(D::SDiagonal) = prod(D.diag)
-logdet(D::SDiagonal{N,T}) where {N,T<:Real} = sum(log.(D.diag))
-function logdet(D::SDiagonal{N,T}) where {N,T<:Complex} #Make sure branch cut is correct
-    x = sum(log.(D.diag))
-    -pi<imag(x)<pi ? x : real(x)+(mod2pi(imag(x)+pi)-pi)*im
-end
 
 # SDiagonal(I::UniformScaling) methods to replace eye
-(::Type{SD})(I::UniformScaling) where {N,SD<:SDiagonal{N}} = SD(ntuple(x->I.λ, Val(N)))
+(::Type{SDiagonal{N}})(I::UniformScaling) where {N} = SDiagonal{N}(ntuple(x->I.λ, Val(N)))
+(::Type{SDiagonal{N,T}})(I::UniformScaling) where {N,T} = SDiagonal{N,T}(ntuple(x->I.λ, Val(N)))
+
 # deprecate eye, keep around for as long as LinearAlgebra.eye exists
 @static if VERSION < v"1.0"
     @deprecate eye(::Type{SDiagonal{N,T}}) where {N,T} SDiagonal{N,T}(I)
@@ -90,27 +42,20 @@ end
 
 one(::Type{SDiagonal{N,T}}) where {N,T} = SDiagonal(ones(SVector{N,T}))
 one(::SDiagonal{N,T}) where {N,T} = SDiagonal(ones(SVector{N,T}))
+
 Base.zero(::SDiagonal{N,T}) where {N,T} = SDiagonal(zeros(SVector{N,T}))
-exp(D::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(exp.(D.diag))
-log(D::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(log.(D.diag))
-sqrt(D::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(sqrt.(D.diag))
+
 function LinearAlgebra.cholesky(D::SDiagonal)
     any(x -> x < 0, D.diag) && throw(LinearAlgebra.PosDefException(1))
     C = sqrt.(D.diag)
     return Cholesky(SDiagonal(C), 'U', 0)
 end
 
-\(D::SDiagonal, B::StaticMatrix) = scalem(1 ./ D.diag, B)
-/(B::StaticMatrix, D::SDiagonal) = scalem(1 ./ D.diag, B)
-\(Da::SDiagonal, Db::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(Db.diag ./ Da.diag)
-/(Da::SDiagonal, Db::SDiagonal) = SDiagonal(Da.diag ./ Db.diag )
-
 @generated function check_singular(D::SDiagonal{N}) where {N}
     quote
     Base.Cartesian.@nexprs $N i->(@inbounds iszero(D.diag[i]) && throw(LinearAlgebra.SingularException(i)))
     end
 end
-
 function inv(D::SDiagonal)
     check_singular(D)
     SDiagonal(inv.(D.diag))
diff --git a/test/SDiagonal.jl b/test/SDiagonal.jl
index 39363c86..a5f23507 100644
--- a/test/SDiagonal.jl
+++ b/test/SDiagonal.jl
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ using StaticArrays, Test, LinearAlgebra
 
     @testset "Methods" begin
 
-        @test StaticArrays.scalem(@SMatrix([1 1 1;1 1 1; 1 1 1]), @SVector [1,2,3]) === @SArray [1 2 3; 1 2 3; 1 2 3]
-        @test StaticArrays.scalem(@SVector([1,2,3]),@SMatrix [1 1 1;1 1 1; 1 1 1])' === @SArray [1 2 3; 1 2 3; 1 2 3]
-
         m = SDiagonal(@SVector [11, 12, 13, 14])
 
         @test diag(m) === m.diag